Task Force Asked To Intensify Swab Visitors To Nightlife Places In Palangka Raya

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PALANGKA RAYA - Palangka Raya City DPRD member Beta Syailendra asked the joint team of the COVID-19 Handling Task Force to intensify inspections of visitors to Night Entertainment Places (THM) by means of impromptu antigen swabs.

If THM in this area violates operational hours beyond the provisions in the midst of the COVID-19 pandemic, employees and visitors are required to take an antigen swab as has been done some time ago," said Beta in Palangka Raya, Tuesday, March 1. who is a member of Commission C in charge of Health, Education and Tourism, the joint team's step which every night conducts surveillance patrols on THM, is very appropriate.

"This is also the government's effort to suppress the rate of the spread of the COVID-19 outbreak in the local provincial capital, which currently has more than two thousand confirmed residents," he said.

He said, in addition to bringing order to people who violate health protocols, things like this must also be done to realize that in the midst of a pandemic like this, we must work together to help the government suppress the COVID-19 case which continues to increase," he explained.

The Palangka Raya City National Mandate Party (PAN) politician also appealed to the public and THM managers to always obey the rules that have been made by the local municipal government. Because, do not commit violations such as violating the prokes, disobeying operating hours and so on that can trigger additional COVID-19 cases.

"We from the DPRD hope that the managers of THM, cafes and karaoke places never violate things that have been made by the local municipal government," he asked.

Previously, a joint team from the Palangka Raya City COVID-19 Task Force and other agencies, when carrying out an impromptu antigen swab test at THM Zoom Pool Jalan DI Panjaitan and Bar and O2 Cafe and Sport Tjilik Riwut kilometer 2.5 Palangka Raya got five positive people COVID-19.

The five people who were positive for COVID-19 were immediately directed by the medical team to visit the Menteng Health Center during working hours. This is so that the five people are given medicines so that they can recover quickly from the virus.